Court date postponed for woman accused of murdering her girlfriend

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A woman charged with murder in the stabbing death of her girlfriend, Christine Diane McQueen, saw her court date postponed — again. In March, Pamela Michelle Walker, 34, appeared in San Fernando Superior Court to set a date for her preliminary hearing only to be told to come back in April. Walker appeared briefly in the same court Tuesday and was told to come back in May, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office told The Signal Wednesday. Each of the last two court appearances,were called in an effort to set a date for a preliminary hearing. During a preliminary hearing, prosecutors will present evidence in the case, and the defense can respond; the judge can then decide if the case should go to trial. Walker, who is unemployed, was arrested shortly before 8 p.m. on April 8, 2017. Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station who responded to calls made by McQueen’s mother grabbed a battering ram and smashed their way into a residence on the 18700 block of Vista Del Canon near Sierra Highway and Via Princessa. What they found inside was the body of a 46-year-old Christine Diane Mcqueen. She had been stabbed to death. Walker was placed in custody at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, with bail set at $1 million. On April 8, deputies responded to the calls of the concerned mother. They grabbed a battering ram and smashed their way into a residence on the 18700 block of Vista Del Canon near Sierra Highway and Via Princessa. What they found inside was the body of a 46-year-old Christine Diane Mcqueen. She had been stabbed 71 times. jholt@signalscv.com 661-287-5527 On Twitter @jamesarthurholt